Lasro Corp. v. Kree Institute of Electrolysis, Inc.

This motion by plaintiff for judgment on the pleadings presents a question of first impression, stemming from amendments to subdivision (g) of section 8 of the Emergency Business Space Bent Control Law (L. 1945, ch. 314). The statute, as amended, appears to be without prior construction.

A chronology will serve to place the facts and the issue in their proper perspective.

On March 8, 1952, the New York State Temporary Commission to Study Rents and Rental Conditions submitted its report to the Legislature in which it recommended amendment to the laws controlling rents of business space in New…